Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To howl, either threateningly or in weeping.
- In coal-mining, to break down: said of the roof or sides of a mine.
- noun Another spelling of
ghoul .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb obsolete To howl.
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- verb obsolete To
weep angrily ; tohowl .
Etymologies
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Examples
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In Waterford, a gowl is a messer, and '' acting the gowl '' etc.
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Again the "gowl" broke out -- its loud echoes rolling through the woods -- this time so near, that every moment I expected to see the animal that had uttered it.
The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West Mayne Reid 1850
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What's the etonymical origin of 'gowl' by the way?
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What's the etonymical origin of 'gowl' by the way?
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Doze kittehs haz tahlantz… shud awl getz gowl cheezburgerz.
invisibl olimpiks - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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August 6, 2008 at 2:05 pm olimpik uz r nawt secumnds dat r a gowl metal1 we danse tu ur cuntries antim kk? and we dwinks clampain. no clams where harmed in the mking of this lolpost
Gas prices - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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"Gie a cheer, boys!" he cried; and as the muzzle of Mons Meg swept down the file, a strange wavering cry arose, that was half a gowl of anger and half a broken-backed cheer.
Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 1887
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Gourlay resumed his way, his being a dumb gowl of rage.
The House with the Green Shutters George Douglas Brown 1885
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Ere he had reached the corner, a gowl of anger and grief struck his ear, and he wheeled eagerly.
The House with the Green Shutters George Douglas Brown 1885
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Toby made very light of, substituted his bone, and was engaged covering it, or thinking he was covering it up with his shovelling nose, when S. spied him through the inner glass door, and was out upon him, like the Assyrian, with a terrific _gowl_.
Adventures Among Books Andrew Lang 1878
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word gowl
'To weep in anger more than in sorrow, sulkily and vindictively, rather than in penitence.' Mackay
June 14, 2010
jmjarmstrong commented on the word gowl
JM thinks most people shut their eyes to gowl.
February 16, 2011
hernesheir commented on the word gowl
A Scots term expressing magnitude and emptiness, as in an unco gowl of a house, a large empty house. --Dr. Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary and Supplement, 1841.
June 14, 2011